Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusSibon (Snail Suckers)
- SpeciesSibon nebulatus (Cloudy Snail-eating Snake)
Closest Relatives at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Slender Snail Sucker
Sibon dimidiatus
Ringed Snail Sucker
Sibon annulatus
Cope's Snail Sucker
Sibon anthracops
Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
Green Rat Snake
Senticolis triaspis
Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
Double-banded Coral Snake Mimic
Erythrolamprus bizona
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
South American Milksnake
Lampropeltis micropholis
Linnaeus' Sipo
Chironius exoletus
Spotted Coffee Snake
Ninia maculata
Green Vine Snake
Oxybelis fulgidus
📅 Monthly Probability
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cloudy Snail-eating Snake in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Cloudy Snail-eating Snake sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cloudy Snail-eating Snake in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
November has the highest sighting rate for Cloudy Snail-eating Snake in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in our monthly data.